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Walmart Update, 2019
Yoffie, David B.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-719504-EStrategyIn 2019 Walmart was still the world's largest company, with over $500 billion in annual revenue and operations around the world. Although it had mostly vanquished its rival discount retailers in the U.S., it was struggling to find the right growth strategy. Facing a mature U.S. market, it had looked to ecommerce and international sales as an engine of growth. Walmart leadership also faced intense competition from dominant online retailer Amazon. ...Starting at €8.20
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The De Beers Group: Launching GemFair for Artisanal Diamonds
Esty, Benjamin C.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-719437-EStrategyIn April 2018, the De Beers Group launched a pilot project called GemFair to create a new supply of ethically and environmentally sourced diamonds from artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) in Sierra Leone. Whether this project would yield a meaningful supply of rough diamonds for De Beers, improve its ability to track diamonds accurately from African mines to consumers around the world, and simultaneously improve both the working conditions in m...Starting at €8.20
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Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022
Yoffie, David B.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-722439-EStrategy2021 was a banner year for Elon Musk. CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, and a few smaller startups, Musk became the richest person on Earth after Tesla reached a market capitalization of $1 trillion and SpaceX a private valuation of $100 billion. Both companies made bet big on risky technologies. Now that they were leaders in booming industries, the task was to retain their lead. Musk had proposed ...Starting at €8.20